Is Mid-Autumn Festival on the lunar or solar calendar? What kind of day is Mid-Autumn Festival?

Is Mid-Autumn Festival on the lunar or solar calendar? What kind of day is Mid-Autumn Festival?
Is Mid-Autumn Festival on the lunar or solar calendar? What kind of day is Mid-Autumn Festival? The Mid-Autumn Festival is known as one of China's four major traditional festivals, along with the Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival and the Tomb-Sweeping Day. The Mid-Autumn Festival began in the early Tang Dynasty, became popular in the Song Dynasty, and by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had become as famous as the Spring Festival. Want to know more about the dates in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 2019? Please pay attention to our Shuimoxiansheng website’s special topic on the eighth month of the lunar calendar!

Is Mid-Autumn Festival on the lunar or solar calendar?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which is neither the lunar calendar nor the solar calendar. According to the standard, the lunar calendar should be called the Xia calendar, also known as the Han calendar. It is a calendar based on the periodic changes in the phases of the moon and combined with the laws of the earth's movement around the sun (that is, the changes of the four seasons). This is a lunisolar calendar. The first day of the first lunar month is the beginning of the year. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, Autumn Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, August Festival, August Meeting, Moon-Chasing Festival, Moon-Playing Festival, Moon-Worshiping Festival, Daughters' Festival or Reunion Festival, is a traditional cultural festival popular among many ethnic groups in China and countries in the Chinese character cultural circle. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the lunar calendar. It is named because it falls exactly in the middle of the three autumns.

What kind of day is Mid-Autumn Festival?

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest traditional festival in my country after the Spring Festival. It is known as one of the four major traditional festivals in China along with the Dragon Boat Festival, the Spring Festival and the Tomb-Sweeping Day. The Mid-Autumn Festival, with the roundness of the moon symbolizing family reunion, is a way to express longing for hometown and loved ones, and to pray for a good harvest and happiness. It has become a rich and precious cultural heritage.
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which coincides with the middle of the three autumns, hence the name "Mid-Autumn Festival", also known as "Mid-Autumn Festival".
Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is in autumn and August, it is also called "Autumn Festival", "August Festival" and "August Festival";
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival for the belief in praying for family reunion and related customs, so it is also called the "Reunion Festival" and the "Daughter's Day".
Because the main activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival are all centered around the "moon", it is also commonly known as the "Moon Festival", "Moon Eve", "Moon Chasing Festival", "Moon Playing Festival" and "Moon Worship Festival".
In the Tang Dynasty, the Mid-Autumn Festival was also called "Duan Zheng Yue".
There are roughly three theories about the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival: it originated from the ancient worship of the moon, the custom of singing and dancing under the moon to find a mate, and it is a remnant of the ancient custom of worshiping the land god in autumn.

How is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2019?

Lunar calendar: August 15, 2019
Gregorian calendar: Friday, September 13, 2019, Virgo
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Nacai, marry, recruit a son-in-law, build a house, pray for blessings, open the market, accept wealth, offer sacrifices, pray for an heir, release, bury, take up a post, plant crops, accept livestock, fast and offer sacrifices, go to school, tailor clothes, pray for wealth, wear a hairpin
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Moving, moving into a new house, installing incense, litigation, raising beams, erecting pillars, installing beds, building, breaking ground, traveling, going out to seek medical advice
According to the almanac, there are more than 10 taboos on the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2019, so this day is not an auspicious day.
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